Short Courses

Jean Robert, Mac Macartney, Colin Campbell, Lucy Hinton and Martin Shaw | Join us for a three week intensive that looks with fresh eyes at the teaching of the Earth's ancient wisdom traditions and what we might learn for the design of our 21st Century social and economic structures.

Join Margaret Wheatley, one of the USA’s most eminent speakers on the subject of leadership, on a 5 day course which will challenge leaders to develop the will, discipline and skills to lead and support people, acting as warriors for the human spirit.

Michel Bauwens, John Restakis and Kevin Flanagan | Reduced Fee | The alternative to the current political and economic organization within capitalism may no longer be a return to statism and a ‘strong state’ but rather a set of commons-centric alternatives based on the principles of co-operation and economic democracy. Join three leading voices at the forefront of thinking on commons-based political Economics and activism.

Chris Johnstone with special guest Sister Jewel | Participate in a cultural shift in our approach to happiness, resilience and hope with Chris Johnstone the co-author of Joanna Macy's new book, Active Hope.

The process of developing our capacity to be an environmental educator is an adventure that’s full of potential opportunities, challenges and possibilities. This programme will give you the skills and tools to navigate this journey and bring your leadership potential out into the world, supported by experienced professionals, a community of like-minded students and a connection with the natural world itself.

Dr. Alexandra Lagaisse, Alysha Jones and guest contributors Robyn Sheldon, Bill Plotkin, Andy Fisher, Satish Kumar, Stephan Harding, Patricia Shaw and Brian Stafford This course is designed to restore, re-enchant and inspire your insight and passion in health, and address two fundamental aspects of what we consider to be a lacking of soul in the healthcare system.

Miguel A Altieri and Clara Nicholls | This course brings together leading voices in agroecology to provide a fascinating exploration of the principles of agroecology and how these can be applied to ensure biodiverse, productive and resilient farms; promote food sovereignty and promote the necessary change of the dominant food systems.

With Jonathan Horwitz and Zara Waldeback | Working with traditional shamanic techniques and story-creating practices, this two week experiential course offers a way to access the soul in all living beings. You will learn how to shift your consciousness to come directly into contact with different aspects of nature and experience another way of knowing. We will discover how to listen to the Earth and ask for stories that build awareness, vision, connection and creation, to help you act and speak as an Earth Ambassador.

David Key & Mary-Jayne Rust | This course explores psychological, spiritual and practical aspects of working outdoors to facilitate personal and ecological healing. It is designed to help you develop the confidence to start working therapeutically in a variety of outdoor locations.

With Polly Higgins and Sister Jewel | Join Polly Higgins and Sister Jewel and explore of how we all allow ‘greatness’ into our lives, how our state of being informs our state of doing, how we unlock the ‘innate’ and free ourselves to dare to be great in our lives. This course is for all who feel they would like to be in service to the Earth.

This intensive workshop will have two aspects, drawing on the respective experience and field of expertise of its two presenters: Anne Baring and Dr. Scilla Elworthy. With a focus on the current awakening of the Feminine that is taking place all over the planet and the active role that women are playing in it, explore how and why the imbalance between the masculine and feminine principles arose and what effects this has had on Western civilisation, leading ultimately to our current alienation from nature.

Jay Griffiths, David Bond, Tim Gill and Chris Salisbury with special guest Lemn Sissay | Join award winning author Jay Griffiths, film maker David Bond and wild storyteller Chris Salisbury for a 5 day course designed to examine the relationship between childhood and nature, it’s importance in modern society and how we can start to reconnect children with the wild.

Why do some people blossom through adversity while others fall apart? What mysterious power gets us back on our feet after we’ve been knocked down? How can we draw wisdom, passion, and strength, from times of crisis?

In this inspiring workshop, Mark Matousek draws on his decades of experience as a survivor, as well as wisdom culled from meetings with other remarkable survivors (collected in the book, When You’re Falling, Dive) to present a series of lessons for mastering the art of post-traumatic growth.

With World Renowned Musician Amjad Ali Khan, Yoga by Fierce Grace, Tai Chi and Qigong by Tai Chi Nation, | Please join us for this unique music and movement retreat and listen, learn and play music with Amjad Ali Khan, one of India’s greatest sarod players. This will be a relaxed week in an intimate retreat setting - a rich mix of discussion and movement conviviality mixed with listening and playing music. Stay in the luxury of Dartington Hall and enjoy music, yoga, tai chi, qigong, and massage therapy.

Led by Jenny Mackewn. With special contributors: Amrita Bhohi, Dan Burgess, Stephan Harding, Polly Higgins, Satish Kumar, Tim ‘Mac’ MaCartney, Jon Rae, Martin Shaw, plus Bill Plotkin and Peter Senge (by video link) | We invite you to join us for an eight-month learning adventure that will develop your leadership and facilitation skills that will help you co-create a better, fairer and more beautiful world for all, enabling us to lead from and for the emerging future.

With Amjad Ali Khan & Special Guests | Please join us for this unique opportunity to listen, learn and play music with Amjad Ali Khan, one of India’s greatest sarod players. This will be a relaxed week in an intimate retreat setting - a rich mix of discussion and movement conviviality mixed with listening and playing music.

With Mark Morey | What would be possible if you lived your life and leadership without compromise, with heart and authentically connected to yourself ?If we immerse in the wisdom of nature with the intention to know ourselves, we will be fully equipped to handle change and thrive in the face of uncertainty. This course brings you on a profound journey of connection to yourself in the context of nature, with time-tested mentoring approaches of indigenous cultures.

With Amjad Ali Khan & Special Guest Shahbaz Hussain| Please join us for this unique opportunity to listen, learn and play music with Amjad Ali Khan and special guest Shahbaz Hussain. This will be a relaxed week in an intimate retreat setting - a rich mix of discussion and movement conviviality mixed with listening and playing music.

With Amjad Ali Khan & Yogi Ashokananda| Please join us for this unique opportunity to listen, learn and play music with Amjad Ali Khan, one of India’s greatest sarod players. This will be a relaxed week in an intimate retreat setting - a rich mix of discussion and movement conviviality mixed with listening and playing music.

With the School for Social Entrepreneurs Dartington | Green Entrepreneurs in Action is a six month action-learning journey and includes a one week residential intensive at Schumacher College. It aims to provide the practical support and deep inquiry that can help move you and your work forward.

With Satish Kumar, Stephan Harding and special guest | Our popular Earth Pilgrim course returns to our Summer 2015 programme. Join Satish to share his thoughts on the importance of bringing soul into the heart of everything we do, and how this can enhance your creativity and work for sustainability and peace.

This week-long programme allows you to take time from your normal routine and immerse yourself in the rich daily life of community at Schumacher College. It includes a walking field trip, lectures on holism and sustainability and facilitated group work.

With Helena Norberg-Hodge and Bayo Akomolafe | Join world renowned filmmaker and author Helena Norberg-Hodge and lecturer, author and activist Bayo Akomolafe in a course that will equip you with the powerful conceptual and narrative tools and provide new thinking about contemporary forms of activism and civic agency.

With Satish Kumar and special guests Stephan Harding and June Mitchell |This course will embrace complexity in place of complication and show how we can include creativity and imagination in ordinary activities, transforming everything we do into an extra-ordinary way of life.

With Bill Plotkin and Geneen Marie Haugen | In this course we offer you a green doorway, an opening to a wilder consciousness shaped by forest and owls, clouds and dreams. We offer you passage from a lifeless universe to a cosmos breathing with mystery and invitation, singing and crying in a jillion tongues. Gather with other Earth lovers, forest whisperers, and visionary coyotes to honor the Others with ceremony and conversation.

Matthew Fox with special guests Meshi Chavez, Stephan Harding and Martin Shaw | In this course we will explore some of the many prophetic voices over the centuries that have spoken of the sacred earth and our sacred bodies. We will deepen our understanding of how they speak to us today on both a personal and collective level and how they can strengthen our own personal commitment to an ecological revolution - to become warriors as well as mystics and lovers of creation.

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